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Location of Photo

Los Giles - Olba, Teruel (Spain)

Date of Photo

2015-Jan-17 @ 20:32 UT

Equipment

Canon lens at 95mm. f/5.6 + Canon EOS 100D camera

Description

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 17, 2015 approaching to 8 deg. from Pleiades star cluster (M 45). Still shining at its maximun around 4th magnitude, its ionic tail with more than 11 deg. long extends beyond the field limits of this image.

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